I JUST WANNA SAY, THANK YOU FOR PLAYING THE WAY YOU PLAY

BIG MOUTH / LOUD MOUTH

My piece for the BIG MOUTH collaborative art workshop.

Remembering

Father Mychal Walk of Remembrance, 4 September 2011. Photos by the author.

Over a year ago I decided I would write something about 9/11 on the ten year anniversary. Over a month ago I started to write it. Unfortunately it is too great a task at the moment. I have spent a lot of time in the past few weeks grieving, and were I to articulate my thoughts on the day, it would just not be adequate.

Instead, here is a video of my uncle Steven (Detective Steven McDonald) closing the Father Mychal Judge Walk of Remembrance, which he has organized every year after the attacks, on September 4, 2011.

Father Mychal Judge Walk of Remembrance: Det. Steven McDonald from Kate Wadkins on Vimeo.

Thank you for your guiding light, Father Mike, it shines on and on.

MIX TAPE #5: TEENAGE SUMMER

Remember when I promised a "teenage summer" mix last year? In June of this summer Jason Roy and I accidentally created a new teen mix. This is the first mix collaboration I've done and it is absolutely the sound of teen summers past. It won't be fall for about two more weeks, so soak it up if that's yr thing (hint: it's not mine, I'm just about ready for apple picking and pumpkin carving).

I think the Goldfinger to Suicide Machines transition is my favorite.

* I know I usually use 8tracks but this was too convenient.

The Chinkees - Big World
MU330 - Tune Me Out
Link 80 - Verbal Kint
Operation Ivy - Freeze Up
Goldfinger - Mabel
Suicide Machines - I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Impossibles - Back for Attack
Rancid - Sidekick
Millencolin - Bullion
Blink-182 - Dumpweed
MU330 - Stagnant Water
Dance Hall Crashers - Shelley
The Broadways - 15 Minutes
Rancid - The Brothels
NOFX - We Threw Gasoline on the Fire and Now We Have Stumps for Arms and No Eyebrows
Less Than Jake - Johnny Quest Thinks We're Sellouts
The Silencers - Policeman
Hepcat - I Can't Wait
The Slackers - Have the Time
Misfits - Hybrid Moments

27 YEARS